Frogs and Wireless: A Frog Leg Receiver Records Signals
A Rennes physics apparatus uses a prepared frog leg as a galvanic recorder for wireless signals. The leg contracts with each current change, drawing curves on smoked paper to preserve a written trace of radio telegrams. The device, tested 217 miles from Paris, recorded Eiffel Tower time signals.
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Nature
Charles Lefeuvre
Department of Physiology
Medical Faculty of
Rennes
Rene Merle
Paris
Eiffel Tower
A Dream of Empire in the Balkans and Constantinople
The article questions Ferdinand of Bulgaria crowning himself emperor of a Balkan federation centered in Constantinople and the potential reactions of Serbia Greece Montenegro and other Balkan peoples. It argues unity among the Balkans would empower the alliance, making 15 million people and 1 million armed men capable of challenging European powers, and envisions a Bulgarian-led empire with Constantinople as the capital and St Sophia as the coronation site.
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Arthur D. Howden Smith
Constantine
Palaerogi
Servia
Greece
Montenegro
Bal
Balkan
Turkey
Macedonia
Abdul Hamid
Austria
Hungary
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Roumania
United States
Europe
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
The
Balkans
Church
Roman Caesergs
Constantinople
Gertie Millar and the Duke of Westminster
Gertie Millar known favorite of the Gaie Ty theater in London faces a social drift as friends attempt to end the Duke of Westminster’s affair with Miss Millar. The circle around the actress weighs public interest against private matters.
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Gertie Millar
Gaiety Theater
London
Duke of Westminster
Miss Millar
New Use for Great Names
Boston figures laws may guard against foreigners adopting the names of Bay State families to gain status. I Calder Gordon of the Scottish Historical Society warns, noting shopfronts bearing names like John Lowell Fruit Peddler and Charles Eliot Junk Dealer provoke dismay. Stove wood, cheap. Phone 6059.
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Boston
Bay State
I. Calder Gordon
Scottish Historical Society of North America
John Lowell
Charles Eliot
William Peabody
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